Ian Buruma Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma is the Henry R. Luce Professor at Bard College. His latest book is Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents.
Aug 10, 2011
Daniel Judt Daniel Judt
Daniel Judt, a junior at the Dalton School, is a section editor of his school’s political magazine, Realpolitik. He is currently an intern at The Nation.
Aug 10, 2011
Koji Suzuki Koji Suzuki
Koji Suzuki, the author of more than two dozen books of fiction and nonfiction, is known for the bestselling horror novels The Ring and Dark Water, which were adapted as films in Japan and America.
Aug 10, 2011
Hiroshi Senju Hiroshi Senju
Hiroshi Senju is a painter in the more than thousand-year-old Nihonga tradition. His work received an honorable mention at the Venice Biennale and can be seen at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Daitokuji Temple. He is also the president of Kyoto University of Art and Design.
Aug 10, 2011
Banana Yoshimoto Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto is the author of several novels, including the prizewinning international bestseller Kitchen, that have been published in more than twenty countries. She will donate a portion of the sales of her most recent book in English, The Lake, to the relief effort in Japan.
Aug 10, 2011
Hitonari Tsuji Hitonari Tsuji
Hitonari Tsuji is a writer, filmmaker and musician. His novels have been awarded the Subaru Prize, the Akutagawa Prize in Japan and the Prix Femina Étranger in France. His latest film is Paris Tokyo Paysage.
Aug 10, 2011
Hideo Furukawa Hideo Furukawa
Hideo Furukawa, a novelist born in Fukushima, has received the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, the Japan SF Grand Prize and the Yukio Mishima award. His novel Belka, Why Don’t You Bark? is being translated into English as part of the Japanese Literature Publishing Project.
Aug 10, 2011
Mark Oppenheimer Mark Oppenheimer
Mark Oppenheimer (markoppenheimer.com) writes the “Beliefs” column for the New York Times and is working on two books: a study of “chained wives” in Orthodox Judaism and an American’s attempt to figure out Canada.
Aug 10, 2011